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Ministry of Finance
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Ministry of Finance releases ₹45,000 crore as additional devolution to States in FY 2020-21
The Ministry of Finance, Government of India, released ₹45,000 crore as additional devolution to States in FY 2020-21. This is an increase of 8.2% over RE 2020-21. As per RE 2020-21, ₹5,49,959 crore, being 41% of the shareable pool of taxes and duties were estimated to be released to the States. However, Ministry of Finance has devolved an amount of ₹5,94,996 crore, based on the initial estimates of shareable pool that would be collected in 2020-21.
The Ministry of Finance has released these amounts to share the revenue buoyancy seen in Q4 2020-21 and in the true spirit of fiscal federalism. The additional amount of ₹45,000 crore was released in two instalments of ₹14,500 crore and ₹30,500 crore. ₹14,500 crore was released along with the 14th regular instalment of devolution on 26th March 2021, whereas the second instalment of ₹30,500 crore was released to the States on 31st March 2021.
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Sl. No
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State
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RE 2020-21
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Additional over RE 2020-21
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Overall releases in FY 2020-21
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1
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Andhra Pradesh
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22,611
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1,850
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24,461
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2
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Arunachal Pradesh
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9,681
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792
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10,473
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3
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|
Assam
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17,220
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|
1,409
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18,629
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4
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Bihar
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55,334
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4,527
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59,861
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5
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Chhattisgarh
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18,799
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1,538
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20,338
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6
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Goa
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2,123
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174
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2,296
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7
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Gujarat
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18,689
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1,529
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20,219
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8
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Haryana
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5,951
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487
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6,438
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9
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Himachal Pradesh
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4,394
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|
360
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4,754
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10
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Jharkhand
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18,221
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1,491
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19,712
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11
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Karnataka
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20,053
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1,641
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21,694
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12
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Kerala
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10,686
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874
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11,560
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13
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Madhya Pradesh
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43,373
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3,549
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46,922
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14
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Maharashtra
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33,743
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2,761
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36,504
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15
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Manipur
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3,949
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323
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4,272
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16
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Meghalaya
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4,207
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344
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4,552
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17
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Mizoram
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2,783
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228
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3,011
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18
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Nagaland
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3,151
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258
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3,409
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19
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Odisha
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25,460
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2,083
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27,543
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20
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Punjab
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9,834
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805
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10,638
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21
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Rajasthan
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32,885
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2,690
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35,576
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22
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Sikkim
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2,134
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175
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2,308
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23
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Tamil Nadu
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23,039
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1,885
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24,924
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24
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Telangana
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11,732
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960
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12,692
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25
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Tripura
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3,899
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319
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4,218
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26
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Uttar Pradesh
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98,618
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8,069
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1,06,687
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27
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Uttarakhand
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6,072
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497
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6,569
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28
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West Bengal
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41,353
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3,384
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44,737
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TOTAL
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5,49,997
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45,000
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5,94,996
Prime Minister's Office
PM expresses happiness on success of Ujjwala Yojana
PM expresses happiness on success of Ujjwala Yojana
The Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi has expressed happiness as number of beneficiaries of Ujjwala Yojana crossed 2.5 Crore.
"Ujjwala Yojana continues to expand its reach! Extremely delighted that today the number of beneficiaries crossed 2.5 crore.
I thank Rashtrapati Ji for the special gesture of handing over LPG connections to beneficiaries in Jangipur, West Bengal.
I congratulate Minister Dharmendra Pradhan and his entire team that has been working round the clock for the success of Ujjwala Yojana", the Prime Minister said.
Special Service and Features
CMFRI to hold stakeholder workshop on Covid impact on marine fisheries on Feb 6, 2023
ochi: Feb 5, 2023
As part of its national-level research project on the impact of Covid on the marine fisheries sector, the Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute  will organise a stakeholder workshop on Monday . The workshop will bring together a diverse group in the sector, including fishermen, boat owners, women labourers, traders, exporters, consumers and marketing functionaries, to discuss the lessons learned during the pandemic and the ways forward.
The meet is also aimed at providing a platform to discuss post-covid scenarios and concerns of stakeholders, and fill in any gaps in the research work. The findings of the CMFRI research project led by Dr Shyam S Salim will be shared with the stakeholders on the ocasion. CMFRI Director Dr A Goplakrishnan will inaugurate the meet at 10 am.
Ministry of Coal
Coal India Imports 3.58 Lakh Ton Coal from Indonesia
Approximately 3.58 lakh tonne of coal has been imported by Coal India Limited  from Indonesia through the vendor namely M/s GHV-BDE-DIL  during this year on behalf of Thermal Power Plants  of State GENCOs and Independent Power Plant . Orders for supply of imported coal were placed by CIL based on the ‘Firm Orders’ and the advance payment by various Power Generating Companies.
As per data provided by Ministry of Power, 86% of the imported coal has been utilized.
Considering the increasing electricity demand and for building up of coal stock at power plants before onset of monsoon, Ministry of Power  on 28.04.2022 advised power plants to import coal for blending purpose to meet 10% of their coal requirement. Subsequently, after reviewing the coal stock position, MoP on 01.08.2022 decided that the States/IPPs and Ministry of Coal may decide the blending percentage after assessing the availability of domestic coal supplies.
This information was given by the Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
Ministry of Mines
Cabinet approves MoU between India and Finland for cooperation in the field of Geology and Mineral Resources
The Union Cabinet chaired by the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has approvedMemorandum of Understanding for cooperation in the field of geology and mineral resources between Geological Survey of India, Ministry of Mines, the Government of the Republic of India and Geological Survey of Finland , Ministry of Employment and the Economy, the Government of Finland.
The MoU facilitates cooperation in the field of geology, training, mineral prognostication and suitability analysis, 3/4D modeling, Seismic and other Geophysical surveys finalised with the intent of reinforcing and strengthening scientific links between the two Organisations.
This MoU aims to provide with a framework and a platform to promote and foster cooperation in the fields of geology, and mineral resources between the Participants for mutual economic, social and environmental benefit; and share experiences on geological data management and information dissemination to promote exploration and mining, in the areas of geology and mineral resources.
Geological Survey of India  is a premier geo-scientific organisation of the Government of India of international repute for creation and updation of national geoscientific information and mineral resource assessment. These objectives are achieved through, ground surveys, air-borne and marine surveys, mineral prospecting and investigations, multi-disciplinary geoscientific, geo-technical, geo-environmental and natural hazards studies, glaciology, seismotectonic study, and carrying out fundamental research.
Geological Survey of Finland has expertise in multi-thematic data integration and analysis using spatial platform with special emphasis on 3/4D modeling for mineral prognostication, hazard management, environmental impact assessment, and other areas of socio-economic significance and developing Decision Support System which can be used by users with minimal knowledge of GIS based modelling.
Cabinet
Cabinet approves signing of Memorandum of Understanding between India and Kyrgyzstan in the field of Legal Metrology
The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi, has approved a Memorandum of Understanding in the field of Legal Metrology between India and Kyrgyzstan. The MoU will be signed on the sidelines of SCO from June 13-14, 2019.
Benefits:
- Exchange of information and documents relating to legal metrology;
- Develop training programme for officials and non-officials dealing with the subject of legal metrology;
- Exchange of officials, experts and professionals for mutual cooperation in the area of legal metrology;
- Participation in Seminars, Workshops, Meetings, Attachment Learning Programmes etc. in area of mutual interest, as may be appropriate;
- Establishment of requirements for pre-packaged goods and carrying out the state metrological supervision of pre-packaged goods;
- Review of the status of the rules / regulations on pre-packaged goods.
- Sharing of experience in carrying out of metrological supervision in mutual settlements between producers and consumers.
Prime Minister's Office
PM pays tributes to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj Ji on his Jayanti
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has paid tributes to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj Ji on his Jayanti.
In response to a tweet by BAPS Swaminarayan Sanstha, the Prime Minister tweeted;
"I pay my tributes to HH Pramukh Swami Maharaj Ji on his Jayanti. I consider myself blessed that I got the opportunity to interact with him on multiple occasions and also got a lot of affection from him. He is globally admired for his pioneering service to society."
NITI Aayog
NITI's Office for New India - Towards Inclusive, Sustainable, Transparent, Paperless processes Transforming India
Inaugurated by Union Ministers Hardeep S Puri and Jitendra Singh
NITI Office for New India at the newly furnished fifth Floor of the NITI Aayog was inaugurated today by Shri Jitender Singh, Minister of State , Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region, Minister of State, PMO, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space and Shri Hardeep S Puri, Minister of State , Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.
A prime example of how NITI is transforming government work culture from within, the entire fifth floor spanning 40,000 sq ft was transformed to enhance transparency in functioning, maximising efficiency in administration and improve working atmosphere, within a record time of eight months.
NITI Office for New India at the fifth floor of the NITI Aayog has clean, open, collaborative workspaces. The seating capacity has been increased by more than doubled to 300 from earlier 122.
A vibrant, green, inclusive ecosystem with nearly 2000 sq ft of green wall cover is aimed at ensuring personal enrichment and professional fulfilment.
Clutter-free design with ample natural lighting, modular workstations will promote minimalism, an environment that fosters debate and diversity of thought and opinion, and an ambience capturing the vitality of a New India.
With the establishment of NITI Aayog in 2015, radically new systems have been put in place and new processes have evolved in keeping with the Prime Minister's vision of Transformation of India.
In order to address the need for talented individuals, transparent guidelines have been framed for induction of young professionals and consultants.
Ensuring conversion of all offline, physical files to online, e-filing system, NITI Aayog has assumed stewardship of the Prime Minister’s vision of Minimum Government and Maximum Governance. Over 20,000 files have been converted to E-files in NITI and 99% of the work is done though e-Office today, a feat which was commended by DARPG in February 2019.
Prime Minister's Office
PM greets people on Bhai Dooj
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi has greeted the people on the occasion of Bhai Dooj.
In a tweet, the Prime Minister said;
"सभी देशवासियों को भाई दूज की ढेरों शुभकामनाएं।
Best wishes to everyone on the auspicious occasion of Bhai Dooj."
Special Service and Features
CYCLONIC STORM ‘NIVAR’: NDRF GEAR UP
With the issue of cyclone warning for Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh and Pondicherry, the National Disaster Response Force , as a part of proactive measures, has mobilized adequate resources & self-contained rescue & relief teams in the likely affected areas of these 03 States/UT. The NDRF teams are equipped with Wireless Sets, Satellite Phone, Cutters and various other advance equipment & tools needed for post cyclone operation. The NDRF teams are keeping close watch over the development of the situation and are in close coordination with the local administration. Deployed Teams are conducting awareness programs on Cyclonic effects, do’s & don’ts during cyclone and COVID-19 safety measures and assisting the local administration in evacuation of the local people from cyclone affected places.
As per the Indian Meteorological Department , the depression over southwest and adjoining the southeast Bay of Bengal has moved west-north westwards and is very much likely to intensify into a severe cyclonic storm ‘Nivar’ during the next 06 hours. It is very likely to cross Tamil Nadu and Puducherry coasts between Karaikal and Mamallapuram around Puducherry during mid-night of 25th Nov and early hours of 26th Nov 2020 with wind speed of approx. 120 -130 Km/hrs.
A total of 25 NDRF teams are deployed on the likely affected coastal areas of Tamil Nadu, Pondicherry and Andhra Pradesh after consultation with state authorities. Out of these 15 teams have been deployed at costal districts of Tamil Nadu including 06 teams at district Cuddalore, 03 teams at Viluppuram, 02 teams each at Chennai and Chengalpattu while 01 team each at Mayiladuthrai & Nagapattinam districts.
Besides, 03 teams are deployed at Puducherry  and 01 team at Karaikal of the UT. Moreover, to tackle the situation 03 NDRF teams also have been deployed at Nellore district and 01 team at Chittoor of Andhra Pradesh. Seeing the severity of the situation, additional 05 NDRF teams are also kept on alert at Vijayawada  NDRF Base and 02 teams at Vishakhapatnam for any immediate backup as per requirement. In view of the current COVID-19 scenario, NDRF teams are equipped with appropriate PPE/special kits and strictly following COVID-19 guidlines.
Director General, NDRF Shri. Satya Narayan Pradhan is personally monitoring the situation and all efforts are being made in close collaboration with state authorities to ensure zero casualty and minimum damage to life and property. NDRF Hqr is in close touch with various authorities/stakeholders. A 24x7, NDRF control room is monitoring the situation round the clock. Issued
This is stated in a press release issued by PR Cell, NDRF HQ
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports funds 34 Indian Shooters for ISSF Shooting World Championships in Baku
31 out of 34 athletes are underTOPS or Khelo India Scheme
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports  is funding the participation of the Indian contingent for the upcoming ISSF World Championships in Baku, Azerbaijan where a total of 34 Indian shooters, including 17 men and 17 women would be participating.
The financial assistance towards participation will cover funding of 57 member shooting team which includes 34 Shooters, 15 Coaches, and 8 members of Support Staff including the HPD.
Team's boarding/Lodging costs, airfare, visa costs and Out of Pocket Allowance  among other expenditures will be covered under MYAS Annual Callender for Training & Competition  Scheme.Out of 34 shooters competing at the event, 24 are Target Olympic Podium Scheme  Athletes and 7 are Khelo India Athletes.
The event will kick off on August 14th 2023 and conclude on September 1st 2023. The prestigious event is important for India going into the Paris Olympic year as it has a total of 48 Olympic Quotas to offer across 15 events.In the 2022 edition of ISSF Shooting World Championships, India had won 34 medals including 12 Gold, Nine Silver and 13 Bronze medals and finished second on the overall medals tally behind China.
34 Indian shooters who will be competing at the event are -
1 DIVYANSH SINGH PANWAR - TOPS Athlete
2 RAMITA - TOPS Athlete
3 AISHWARY PRATAP SINGH TOMAR - TOPS Athlete
4 MEHULI GHOSH - TOPS Athlete
5 HRIDAY HAZARIKA - TOPS Athlete
6 TOILOTTAMA SEN - TOPS Athlete
7 AKHIL SHEORAN - TOPS Athlete
8 SIFT KAUR SAMRA - TOPS Athlete
9 NIRAJ KUMAR - TOPS Athlete
10 ASHI CHOUKSEY - TOPS Athlete
11 SARABJOT SINGH - TOPS Athlete
12 MANINI KAUSHIK - TOPS Athlete
13 SHIVA NARWAL - TOPS Athlete
14 DIVYA T.S - TOPS Athlete
15 ARJUN SINGH CHEEMA - TOPS Athlete
16 ESHA SINGH - TOPS Athlete
17 ANISH - TOPS Athlete
18 PALAK - Khelo India Athlete
19 VIJAYVEER SIDHU - TOPS Athlete
20 RHYTHM SANGWAN - TOPS Athlete
21 ADARSH SINGH - TOPS Athlete
22 MANU BHAKER - TOPS Athlete
23 PRITHVIRAJ TONDAIMAN
24 MANISHA KEER - Khelo India Athlete
25 KYNAN CHENAI - Khelo India Athlete
26 PREETI RAJAK - Khelo India Athlete
27 ZORAVAR SINGH SANDHU
28 RAJESHWARI KUMAR
29 ANANTJEET SINGH NARUKA - Khelo India Athlete
30 GANEMAT SEKHON - TOPS Athlete
31 ANGADVIR SINGH BAJWA
32 PARINAAZ DHALIWAL - Khelo India Athlete
33 GURJOAT SINGH KHANGURA - TOPS Athlete
34 DARSHANA RATHORE - Khelo India Athlete
AYUSH
Unani Medical Centre to be inaugurated at Safdarjung Hospital
The Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine  under the Ministry of AYUSH is going to start an Unani Medical Centre at New OPD Building, Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi tomorrow. The Unani Center will be inaugurated by the Minister of State  for AYUSH Shri Shripad Yesso Naik. The CCRUM is presently running Unani Medical Centers at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital and Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital in Delhi. Besides research, the CCRUM is also engaged in providing health care facilities through Unani Medicine to the patients at different government hospitals in Delhi.
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Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
Gowda congratulates Chemical & Petrochemicals industry on becoming the topmost exporting segment for the first time with exports valued at Rs 2.68 lakh crore in April 2019 - January 2020
Union Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri, DV Sadananda Gowda has congratulated the chemicals and petrochemicals industry on becoming the top exporting sector of the country for the first time. He has assured them full support towards making India a leading global hub for manufacturing chemicals and petrochemicals supply quality chemicals to the world.
Referring to the important role played by his Department in this achievement, Shri Gowda said, in a tweet, ‘‘Continuous efforts made by my Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals have enabled the industry to become the topmost exporting segment for the first time.”
He informed that during April 2019-January 2020, the export of chemicals grew by 7.43% over previous corresponding period. Total export of chemicals during this period reached Rs 2.68 Lakh Crore. This constitutes 14.35% of the total exports.
Ministry of Road Transport & Highways
Clearance of NH Projects from PPP Appraisal Committee
In accordance with CCEA approval for Bharatmala Pariyojana programme, powers have been delegated to Ministry of Road Transport & Highways  and National Highways Authority of India  for appraisal and approval of National Highway  projects under EPC and PPP modes of execution. Further, NH projects envisaged on BOT  Mode and Hybrid Annuity Mode  which cost more than Rs. 2,000 crore  require appraisal by PPP Appraisal Committee .
The Government of India had approved Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I in October, 2017 with an aggregate length of about 34,800 km  at an estimated outlay of Rs. 5,35,000.00 crores for development of about 9,000 km length of Economic corridors, about 6,000 km length of Inter-corridor and feeder roads, about 5,000 km length of National Corridors Efficiency improvements, about 2,000 km length of Border and International connectivity roads, about 2,000 km length of Coastal and port connectivity roads, and about 800 km length of Expressways. Total 246 road projects with an aggregate length of about 10,100 km have been awarded till February, 2020 under Bharatmala Pariyojana with Total Cost as Rs. 2,38,413 crores approximately, which also include projects on Greenfield Corridors.
This information was given by the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways Shri Nitin Gadkari in a written reply in Lok Sabha today.
Ministry of Power
NTPC Green Energy Ltd.  and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited  to collaborate for development of Renewable Energy Power Parks and Projects
NTPC Green Energy Limited  and Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam Limited  signed a Memorandum of Understanding  in Lucknow yesterday with an aim to collaborate in the development of Renewable Energy Parks and Projects and to facilitate in Government of India’s efforts towards energy transition. The MoU was signed by Shri Mohit Bhargava, CEO  and Shri Nidhi Kumar Narang, Director , UPRVUNL in the presence of Shri P. Guruprasad, MD , Shri Praveen Saxena, Regional Executive Director  of NTPC. Shri V V Sivakumar, GM  and other senior officials of NTPC, NGEL and UPRVUNL were present during the occasion.
The MoU envisages the two organizations to collaborate through setting up of floating and ground mounted Solar Projects in the Rihand reservoir, other water bodies and any available vacant land, development of solar PV Project dedicated for solarization of Ayodhya city and setting up of Renewable energy Parks and Projects wherever land is made available. NGEL and UPRVUNL shall jointly work for formation of Joint Venture Company  to meet the Renewable Generation Obligation, Flexibility in Generation and Scheduling of Thermal/Hydro Power Stations through bundling with Renewable Energy and Energy Storage.
NTPC is India’s largest Power Utility, with a total installed capacity of about 72 GW . As part of increasing its renewable energy portfolio, a fully owned subsidiary “NTPC Green Energy Limited”  has been carved out which shall take up Renewable Energy Parks and Projects including development in the areas of Green Hydrogen, Energy Storage Technologies and Round the Clock RE Power.
UPRVUNL was constituted to set up and operate Power-generating stations in the state of Uttar Pradesh. At present UPRVUNL is having four Thermal Power Stations within Uttar Pradesh with an installed capacity of 5820 MW and one Thermal Power Station with installed capacity of 1320 MW under JV with NTPC. UPRVUNL is in the process of adding further 3300 MW capacity with super critical technology on its own and another 1980 MW in Joint Venture with CPSEs. At present, UPRVUNL is looking to diversify into Renewable Energy and Energy Storage sectors.
Special Service and Features
Gold worth Rs. 23.6lakhs seized by Chennai Air Customs.
On Saturday based on intelligence that gold was likely to be smuggled from Dubai by concealing in aircraft , Indigo Airlines flight 6E 066 which arrived from Dubai was rummaged.On rummaging two packets containing gold paste form wrapped with adhesive tape weighing 406 grams were found concealed ingeniously in inner panel of the aircraft body/wall next to one of the seats. On extraction 309 grams gold of 24 k purity valued at Rs. 15.72 lakhs was recovered and seized as unclaimed under Customs Act.
In another case ,one passenger Kalil Rahman, 49, of Ramanathapuram who arrived by same flight was intercepted at exit. On personal search one gold paste bundle weighing 176 grams was recovered, which on extraction yielded 154 gramsof gold valued at Rs. 7.84 lakhs.
463grams gold valued at Rs. 23.6 lakhs was recovered and seized Customs Act 1962 in two cases.
Further investigation is under progress according to a press release issued by the Commissioner of Customs, Chennai International Airport.
Ministry of Development of North-East Region
Underutilization of allocated funds
There is no underutilization of funds allocated to the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region in the last 2 years . The details of utilization of funds for the last 2 years are given in the table below

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Year
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Budget
Estimate 
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Revised
Estimate 
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Actual
Expenditure 
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% of AE against RE
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2019-20
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3000.00
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|
2670.00
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|
2669.72
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100%
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|
2020-21
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|
3048.73
|
|
1860.00
|
|
1859.99
|
|
100%
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|
2021-22
|
|
2658.00
|
|
-
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688.17|
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-100% utilization of 1st quarterly expenditure plan .
This Information was given by The Minister of Development of North Eastern Region Shri. G. Kishan Reddy in The Rajay Sabha in a written reply today.